DeFi Lunch (Ep 357) - June 26, 2023 - Dog nose wrinkles? / @AndreCronjeTech w/@FantomFDN latest / $LUNC is back? / @NEARProtocol / IMF can't stop crypto /Blackrock effect / @arpaofficial

What do AC/DC and Sinead O'Connor have to do with DeFi? Nothing, but we have an amazing music discussion going on in our crazy DeFi community. Join us now to take part - https://t.me/missiondefi ‘Blockchain for dog nose wrinkles’ Ponzi makes off with $127m – DL News - https://md1.to/w5zug (8) Andre Cronje on Twitter: "7/7 We are close to releasing our next 2 big milestones; Carmen: EVM optimized DB, mainnet storage -98%, overall throughput 9.8x faster (read & write) Tosca: optimized EVM with large range of enhancements (FVM), overall gain 50% over current EVM architecture, 4x throughput" / Twitter - https://md1.to/93g2f Terra Classic Revival Plans Continue as 'Six Samurai' Aim to Revive LUNC Ecosystem - https://md1.to/z5z22 NEAR Foundation and Alibaba Cloud Join Hands to Accelerate Web3 Growth in Asia - https://md1.to/zl4l4 U.S. SEC to Forego $30M BlockFi Fine to Maximize and Speed Up Investor Repayment - https://md1.to/of78f IMF admits that banning crypto won’t work – Cryptopolitan - https://md1.to/3h1k5 BlackRock exec says Wall Street wants crypto but needs KYC: ‘We go to jail if we don’t know who we’re trading with.’ – DL News - https://md1.to/ncdbw Arpa's Privacy Network Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet - https://md1.to/gok0w What Is ARPA Chain? The ARPA Crypto Scaling Network | Gemini - https://md1.to/rskhl Secure Computation Network for Blockchain-adapted Cryptography | ARPA - https://md1.to/cnuqi Exodus adds Bitcoin-backed stablecoin Sovryn Dollar to its balance sheet | The Block - https://md1.to/zh4or Arbitrum Orbit — Launch new chains in the Arbitrum ecosystem - https://md1.to/sk1vq MakerDAO's DAI has reduced its dependence on USDC as collateral | The Block - https://md1.to/kov1t Lightning Network hits all-time high in bitcoin and US Dollar capacity | The Block - https://md1.to/zwfmw ZkSync Developer Matter Labs Releases Toolkit for Building Zero-Knowledge Rollups on Ethereum - https://md1.to/91c4w Optimism changes name to OP Mainnet in line with 'superchain' vision | The Block - https://md1.to/cjkry Revolutionizing DeFi Derivatives with Syndr Chain: Introducing World’s 1st Layer 3 Decentralized Exchange | by Vyom Sharma | VCrizpy | Syndr | Jun, 2023 | Medium - https://md1.to/j679q NEAR | The OS for an Open Web - https://md1.to/l21wt Joe Cawley and Brad Nickel cover the DeFi news of the day, new opportunities in the space including liquidity pools, yield farming, staking, and much more. This is not financial advice. Nothing said on the show should be considered financial advice. This is just the opinions of Brad Nickel, Joe Cawley, and our guests. None of us are financial advisors. Trading, participating, yield farming, liquidity pools, and all of DeFi and crypto is high risk and dangerous. If you decide to participate, do your own research. Never count on the research of others. We don't know what we are talking about and you can lose all your money. Never invest more than you can afford to lose, because you probably will lose it all.